American Music Award for Favorite Touring Artist

Annual music award

American Music Awards for Tour of the Year

Billie Eilish is the most recent recipient

Country| United States
Presented by| American Music Awards
First award| 2016
Currently held by| Billie Eilish
Most wins| Coldplay (2)
Most nominations| Ed Sheeran (3)
Website| theamas.com

The American Music Award for Tour of the Year has been awarded since 2016. Years reflect the year in which the awards were presented, for works released in the previous year (until 2003 onward when awards were handed out in November of the same year). In 2022, the award's name became Favorite Touring Artist.

## Winners and nominees

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### 2010s

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Year  | Artist  | Tour  | Ref

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2016
(44th) | Beyoncé | The Formation World Tour | [1]
Madonna | Rebel Heart Tour
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band | The River Tour 2016
2017
(45th)
Coldplay | A Head Full of Dreams Tour | [2]
Garth Brooks | The Garth Brooks World Tour with Trisha Yearwood
U2 | The Joshua Tree Tour 2017
2018
(46th)
Taylor Swift | Reputation Stadium Tour | [3]
Bruno Mars | 24K Magic World Tour
Ed Sheeran | ÷ Tour
Beyoncé and Jay-Z | On the Run II Tour
U2 | Experience + Innocence Tour
2019
(47th) | BTS | Love Yourself World Tour | [4]
Ariana Grande | Sweetener World Tour
Elton John | Farewell Yellow Brick Road
Pink | Beautiful Trauma World Tour
Ed Sheeran | ÷ Tour

### 2020s

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Year  | Artist  | Tour  | Ref

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2022
(50th) | Coldplay | —  | [5]
Bad Bunny | —
Elton John | —
The Rolling Stones | —
Ed Sheeran | —
2025
(51st) | Billie Eilish | —  | [6]
Zach Bryan | —
Luke Combs | —
Taylor Swift | —
Morgan Wallen | —

## Category facts

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### Multiple nominations

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3 nominations

* Ed Sheeran

2 nominations

* Beyoncé
* Coldplay
* Elton John
* Taylor Swift
* U2

## References

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1. ^ McIntyre, Hugh (November 20, 2016). "American Music Awards 2016: Full List of Winners". Forbes. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
2. ^ "Here Are All the Winners From the 2017 AMAs". Billboard. November 19, 2017. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
3. ^ "AMAs 2018: Taylor Swift Wins 'Tour of the Year' Award". Entertainment Tonight. Retrieved October 10, 2018.
4. ^ "The American Music Awards Announces 2019 Nominees". American Music Awards. October 24, 2019. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
5. ^ Atkinson, Katie (November 20, 2022). "Here Are All the 2022 AMAs Winners". Billboard. Archived from the original on November 21, 2022. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
6. ^ "American Music Awards 2025 Winners". American Music Awards. May 26, 2025. Retrieved May 26, 2025.

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* Collaboration of the Year

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Pop/Rock|

* Male Artist
* Female Artist
* Band/Duo/Group
* Album
* Song

Country|

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* Album
* Song

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* Rap/Hip Hop Artist
* Album
* Song

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* Male Artist
* Female Artist
* Album
* Song

Contemporary|

* Adult Contemporary Artist
* Contemporary Inspirational Artist

Other|

* Award of Merit
* Alternative Artist
* Favorite Touring Artist
* Favorite Music Video
* Latin Artist
* EDM Artist
* Special Achievement Award
* Icon
* Top Soundtrack

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* Single of the Year
* Adult Contemporary Album
* Adult Contemporary New Artist
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